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...with entirely different inclinations and propensities, to which you must conform your own, it makes a fellow long again for those happy ante-woman days when Adam could go fishing all the morning, and play tennis all the afternoon, in the delightful consciousness that as yet there was no Eve shrieking out the kitchen window that if he wanted any dinner he'd better come home and start the fire, and he need n't use any kerosene either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SLIGHTLY THE WRONG MAN. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

...mournful tale; a very sad chapter, and of course there's a woman in it. It was a melancholy day for this innocent, unsuspecting world of ours when a feminine foot first pattered its little, ill-omened imprint into its soil. Adam was going along very comfortably straight until Eve put in her appearance, egging him on to mischief, and brewing generally a peck of trouble. And in the same manner I was making really commendable progress, when the door opened, and in walked a young lady and young gentleman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

...summer eve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POETRY OF HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

FAST. - Hello, chum, how about the roller-skates? I, going to the ball this eve? Well, not this eve. Have an exam. this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE 'ALF AND 'ALFS. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...every eve brought evil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TALE OF A PONY. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

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